26. Section 43 of the Act(1), as applied by article 12, has effect as if for subsection (13) there were substituted—
“(13) If it is proposed to transfer a person in customs detention to a police station or a customs office other than that in which the person is detained when the application for a warrant of further detention is made, the court hearing the application shall have regard to the distance and the time that the journey will take.”.
Section 43 of the Act was amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33), section 29(4)(b); the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), section 7; and the Serious Organised Crime Act 2005 (c.15), section 111, Schedule 7, Part 3, paragraph 43(1) and (8).